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  • Who did Covid-19 hurt the most in Sub-Saharan Africa ? (English)

    How did the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic impact poor households in Sub-Saharan Africa? This paper tackles this question by combining 73 High-Frequency Phone Surveys collected by national...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10726 Document Date: March 19, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tchuisseu Seuyong,Feraud,Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu,Newhouse,David Locke,Silwal,Ani Rudra

  • The Size and Distribution of Digital Connectivity Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)

    Access to digital technology in Africa is important to measure accurately given its role in facilitating economic growth, innovation, job creation, and access to services. This note describes the digital...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 180817 Document Date: March 14, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Feraud Tchuisser Seuyong,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Begazo Gomez,Tania Priscilla,Newhouse,David Locke,N Ghauran,Konan Alain Ives Delaure

  • March 2020 PovcalNet Update : What's New (English)

    The March 2020 update to PovcalNet involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed for improved harmonization, and some of the CPI...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 147009 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Atamanov,Aziz,Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Dewina,Reno,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lakner,Christoph,Matytsin,Mikhail,Montes,Jose,Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana,Mungai,Rose,Newhouse,David Locke,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Parada Gomez Urquiza,Francisco Javier,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Sanchez Castro,Diana Marcela,Schoch,Marta,Vargas Mogollon,David Leonardo,Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira,Yang,Judy,Yoshida,Nobuo,Wu,Haoyu

  • Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty : An Update (English)

    This note builds on previous collaboration between the World Bank Group and UNICEF to estimate the global extent of child poverty. We estimate that in 2017, 17.5 percent of children in the world (or 356...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 153735 Document Date: October 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Silwal,Ani Rudra,Engilbertsdottir,Solrun,Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio,Newhouse,David Locke,Stewart,David

  • Small Area Estimation of Non-Monetary Poverty with Geospatial Data (English)

    This paper uses data from Sri Lanka and Tanzania to evaluate the benefits of combining household surveys with geographically comprehensive geospatial indicators to generate small area estimates of non-monetary...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9383 Document Date: September 8, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Masaki,Takaaki,Newhouse,David Locke,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Bedada,Adane,Engstrom,Ryan

  • Measuring Internet in Access in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (English)

    The ability to access the internet has increasingly become an important tool for poverty reduction, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite its importance, measuring internet use in low-income...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 151394 Document Date: August 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Frankfurter,Zoe Jordan Tillman,Kokoszka,Klaudia,Newhouse,David Locke,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Tian,Siwei

  • How Much Will Poverty Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020? (English)

    The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by about 5 percentage points compared to pre-pandemic forecasts. This note presents...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 148537 Document Date: May 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Montes,Jose,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Newhouse,David Locke,Chen,Frances Ping,Swindle,Rachel Elizabeth,Tian,Siwei

  • A Proxy Means Test for Sri Lanka (English)

    This paper intends to inform the effort of the Sri Lankan government to reform the targeting efficacy of its social protection programs, in particular, Samurdhi, which currently distributes benefits based...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8605 Document Date: October 9, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sebastian,Ashwini Rekha,Shivakumaran,Shivapragasam,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Newhouse,David Locke,Walker,Thomas,Yoshida,Nobuo

  • A Proxy Means Test for Sri Lanka (English)

    This paper intends to inform the effort of the Sri Lankan government to reform the targeting efficacy of its social protection programs, in particular, Samurdhi, which currently distributes benefits based...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 131470 Document Date: October 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sebastian,Ashwini Rekha,Shivakumaran,Shivapragasam,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Newhouse,David Locke,Walker,Thomas,Yoshida,Nobuo

  • A proxy means test for Sri Lanka : A Proxy Means Test for Sri Lanka (English)

    This paper intends to inform the effort of the Sri Lankan government to reform the targeting efficacy of its social protection programs, in particular, Samurdhi, which currently distributes benefits based...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127524 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sebastian,Ashwini Rekha,Shivakumaran,Shivapragasam,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Newhouse,David Locke,Walker,Thomas,Yoshida,Nobuo

  • The state of jobs in post-conflict areas of Sri Lanka (English)

    Although Sri Lanka has made significant progress in social and economic development over the past decade, the Northern and Eastern provinces that faced the brunt of the decades-long conflict remain disproportionately...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8355 Document Date: February 26, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newhouse,David Locke,Silwal,Ani Rudra

  • The state of jobs in post-conflict areas of Sri Lanka (English)

    Although Sri Lanka has made significant progress in social and economic development over the past decade, the Northern and Eastern provinces that faced the brunt of the decades-long conflict remain disproportionately...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125674 Document Date: February 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Newhouse,David Locke,Silwal,Ani Rudra

  • Migration and Development Brief (English)

    Officially recorded remittance flows to developing countries reached an estimated $401 billion in 2012, growing by 5.3 percent compared with 2011. Remittance flows are expected to grow at an average of...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 77967 Document Date: April 19, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aga,Gemechu A.,Eigen-Zucchi,Christian,Plaza,Sonia,Silwal,Ani Rudra

  • Remittances to developing countries will surpass 400 billion dollar in 2012 (English)

    The officially recorded remittances to developing countries are expected to reach 406 billion dollar in 2012, up by 6.5 percentage from 381 billion dollar in 2011. The true size of remittance flows, including...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 77968 Document Date: November 20, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ratha, Dilip Age,Aga,Gemechu A.,Silwal,Ani Rudra

  • Remittance flows in 2011 : an update (English)

    Officially recorded remittance flows to developing countries are estimated to have reached $372 billion in 2011, an increase of 12.1 percent over 2010. The growth rate of remittances was higher in 2011...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73745 Document Date: April 23, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ratha,Dilip Kumar,Silwal,Ani Rudra

  • Migration and remittances factbook 2011 (English)

    This is the second edition of the Migration and Remittances Factbook. This report provides a comprehensive picture of emigration, skilled emigration, immigration, and remittance flows for 210 countries...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 57869 Document Date: November 4, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ratha,Dilip Kumar,Mohapatra,Sanket,Silwal,Ani Rudra

  • Recovering from the crisis (Arabic)

    This edition of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regional economic update concerns the region recovering from the financial crisis along with the global economy. Growth in 2010 is expected to be...

    Document Type: Economic Updates and Modeling Report No.: 54511 Document Date: July 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ianchovichina,Elena,Mottaghi,Lili,Carey,Kevin,Spivak,Nadia I.,Farazi,Subika,Silwal,Ani Rudra